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		<title>Business finance: Hire purchase, renting and leasing</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/business-finance-hire-purchase-renting-and-leasing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/business-finance-hire-purchase-renting-and-leasing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hire Purchase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business banking post our CFO Greg Taylor looks at where commercial finance can help businesses. With interest rates falling and the end of the financial year approaching it is a good time to review financing. Commercial finance can be a fast, flexible way to get immediate use of equipment such as cars, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University study shows the benefits of borrowing from The Greater</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/university-study-shows-the-benefits-of-borrowing-from-the-greater/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/university-study-shows-the-benefits-of-borrowing-from-the-greater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DavidBryde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new study of 23 Australian financial institutions conducted by the University of New England shows how much better off mortgage holders with customer-owned lenders such as The Greater have been than major bank customers over the past decade. The study, carried out by Professor Abbas Valadkhani, was published in the Journal of International Financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five end of financial year finance tasks for small business</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/five-end-of-financial-year-finance-tasks-for-small-business/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/five-end-of-financial-year-finance-tasks-for-small-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post our CFO Greg Taylor puts five things on a small business owner&#8217;s &#8220;To Do&#8221; list before the end of the financial year. The end of the financial year is almost upon us. Here are five things that the Greater Building Society’s business banking manager Stephen Skujins told me small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why hasn&#8217;t your bank cut your credit card rate? We have.</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/why-hasnt-your-bank-cut-your-credit-card-rate-we-have/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/why-hasnt-your-bank-cut-your-credit-card-rate-we-have/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cards/Insurance/Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Official interest rates are at a record low but our Hamilton Branch Manager, Ben Burns, poses a question very relevant to credit card holders. Has your bank reduced your credit card interest rate lately? The Reserve Bank has cut official interest rates to record levels but many financial institutions have not been as quick to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business finance: The question of rates</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/business-finance-the-question-of-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/business-finance-the-question-of-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cards/Insurance/Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post CFO Greg Taylor looks at what recent interest rate cuts means for business.  There was good news last month for many businesses with the Reserve Bank (RBA) cutting interest rates by 0.25 per cent  to historic lows. Some lenders such as The Greater cut rates by more than the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To fix or not to fix?</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/to-fix-or-not-to-fix/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/to-fix-or-not-to-fix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renee Ferguson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of our Gold Coast Area Managers, Renee Ferguson, tackles a question she is often asked about interest rates. Whenever the Reserve Bank moves interest rates they become the hot topic on every borrower’s mind. The 0.25% drop in rates in May was good news for most borrowers and businesses. (Greater Building Society customers had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paras cycles Cambodia to improve financial literacy for local people</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/paras-cycles-cambodia-to-improve-financial-literacy-for-local-people/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/06/paras-cycles-cambodia-to-improve-financial-literacy-for-local-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paras Pappas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CUFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paras Pappas from our Property team starts a great leadership challenge today. She is cycling 325km to help improve the financial literacy of  Cambodian kids, so they can enjoy better living standards and make their lives greater.   Mouy is a 31 year old mother of two. She cannot read or write. Most of her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business banking: Customer service award for Hunter small businesses</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/business-banking-customer-service-award-for-hunter-small-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/business-banking-customer-service-award-for-hunter-small-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business banking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly post our CFO Greg Taylor lets Hunter small businesses know about a new award for customer service that The Greater is sponsoring in this year&#8217;s Hunter Business Awards.  My regular business finance column in the Post newspaper has been held over this week so I thought I&#8217;d take the opportunity to let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greater resigns with Hawthorne</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/greater-resigns-with-hawthorne/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/greater-resigns-with-hawthorne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 22:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Hodgins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rugby union]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Head of Strategic Development Chris Hodgins says there are many great local organisations that work behind the scenes to develop sports for the benefit of players, fans and the broader community. The Greater has renewed its support for one &#8211; The Hawthorne Club.  From surf life saving clubs to local football and netball clubs there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wearing Red Threads for the Salvos</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/wearing-red-threads-for-the-salvos/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/wearing-red-threads-for-the-salvos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 06:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Shield Appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salvation Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salvos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greater Building Society Lambton Branch Manager Daniel Jones donned his red threads today and got other businesses and the local primary school to join him in supporting Red Threads Day for the Salvos.  Greater Building Society staff were joined by local businesses in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of NSW in donning red threads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Finance: Why Budget?</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/business-finance-why-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/business-finance-why-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post our CFO Greg Taylor looks at last week&#8217;s Federal Budget as a reminder of the importance of having a budget for your business.   Last week’s Federal Budget didn’t have much in the way of new, specific initiatives for small business. There was money to create Industry Innovation Precincts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balance Banking Bus Tour pushes for greater competition in banking</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/balance-banking-bus-tour-pushes-for-greater-competition-in-banking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/balance-banking-bus-tour-pushes-for-greater-competition-in-banking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 22:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Magin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cards/Insurance/Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our CEO and the Chairman of Abacus Don Magin says the recent Balance Banking Bus tour of regional NSW was a good start to a campaign for an independent inquiry into the financial sector to ensure consumers benefit from greater competition.  The Abacus Balance Banking Bus recently completed a successful tour of regional NSW. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks cut home loan rates by less than Greater. Don&#8217;t get mad, switch.</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/banks-cut-home-loan-rates-by-less-than-greater-dont-get-mad-switch/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/banks-cut-home-loan-rates-by-less-than-greater-dont-get-mad-switch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Magin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cards/Insurance/Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our CEO Don Magin says the Greater Building Society&#8217;s extra cut to home loan rates is about keeping competition up to the major banks to benefit consumers. He says the big banks could have put people before profits and cut more too. But don&#8217;t get mad, switch.  Would you like to save up to $58,000 off your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating 10 years of Kidzwish making lives greater</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/celebrating-10-years-of-kidzwish-making-lives-greater/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/celebrating-10-years-of-kidzwish-making-lives-greater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Luck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illawarra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KidzWish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Wollongong Branch Manager, Gary Luck, shares a new documentary style video which shows how Kidzwish has helped to make life greater for special kids in the Illawarra and their families over the past 10 years. “Thank you so much for the KidzWish Christmas Party! It brought a tear to my eye to see my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Finance: Working from Home</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/business-finance-working-from-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/business-finance-working-from-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post our CFO Greg Taylor looks at what you can claim if you, like a growing number of Australians, run a home-based business. According to Business Enterprise Centres Australia, more than 68 per cent of Australia’s micro and small businesses are home-based. It says its data is backed by ABS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Finance: Record keeping</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/record-keeping/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/record-keeping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post our CFO Greg Taylor says that in small business as well as being the expert in your trade or field you also have to be a good record keeper.  Whether you are a plumber, hairdresser, butcher, baker or candlestick maker you are also a record keeper. Record keeping may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael&#8217;s story: Thank God for the Salvos</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/thank-god-for-the-salvos/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/thank-god-for-the-salvos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 02:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Mangovski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Development Manager Lynn Mangovski was reminded yesterday why it is important for Greater Building Society and our community to support the Salvation Army and its upcoming Red Shield Appeal. Michael had lost his job, his licence, and his girlfriend. In his early 20s, he was living on the streets of Newcastle, hopelessly addicted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Finance: Tips for funding safety costs</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/funding-safety-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/05/funding-safety-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s business finance post our CFO Greg Taylor shares some tips for funding injury prevention initiatives in business. Last week I wrote about how prevention and management of injuries is vital in business and mentioned the Hunter Safety Alliance breakfasts being held this month on workers compensation and safety. Safety is a key [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Finance: Workers Compensation</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/04/workers-compensation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post, CFO Greg Taylor talks about how preventing and better managing injuries can help cut costs and protect employees ahead of a seminars to be held in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley next month.    According to Safe Work Australia in 2009/10 there were 131 170 “serious” accepted workers&#8217; compensation claims. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty Miranda helps put a smile on the face of sick kids</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/04/mighty-miranda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Oakman-Jensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read why one of our Lismore branch customer service officers is now called &#8220;Mighty Miranda&#8221; after she helped Captain Starlight put a smile on the face of sick kids in Lismore Hospital last week.  When I arrived at Lismore Base Hospital for my first volunteering session with Starlight Children&#8217;s Foundation&#8217;s Captain Starlight Program I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Finance: Cut energy bills</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/04/cut-energy-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post, our CFO Greg Taylor looks at a new scheme which could help 500 small businesses in the Hunter to cut their energy bills. Did you get a shock last time you opened your energy bill and the time before? Rising electricity and other energy costs is a real issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Finance: The importance of quoting properly</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/04/quoting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/04/quoting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly business finance post, The Greater&#8217;s CFO Greg Taylor shares a story that he says shows the importance of making sure businesses quote properly. Here’s a story about the importance of proper quoting in business. For an overseas trip last month, a business colleague had booked taxi transfer to and from the airport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Solicitor Trust Account</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/04/solicitor-trust-account/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/04/solicitor-trust-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DavidBryde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Product Manager David Bryde hopes The Greater’s new Solicitor Trust Account is his only brush with the law. Solicitors often have to hold clients’ funds in the course of the provision of legal services. Under the Legal Profession Act 2004, a general trust bank account can only be established in an approved authorised deposit-taking institution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Plans</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/business-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/business-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s Business Banking blog our Chief Financial Officer Greg Taylor stresses the importance of new businesses having a business plan. A business plan is “must do” when you are starting a business. That is because it really does help you to get clear on what you need to have in place to run [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a business &#8211; cashflow forecast</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/business-cashflow-forecast/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/business-cashflow-forecast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cashflow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[starting a business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.greater.com.au/?p=1832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his second of three posts looking at some of the things you need to do to get your new business financed, our Chief Financial Officer Greg Taylor looks at the importance of a cash flow forecast.  Last week we started to look at financing the start-up of a business, focusing on business structure. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Mercury shows your money is in safe hands</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/operation-mercury/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/operation-mercury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Magin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saving]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.greater.com.au/?p=1827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our CEO Don Magin writes about how he and his management team had a stressful couple of hours during Operation Mercury to make sure that our customers’ funds and data are in safe hands if a disaster were to strike.  There was a serious explosion and fire at the Greater Building Society’s head office in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Term Deposits are how most of us save</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/term-deposits/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/term-deposits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DavidBryde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Saving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savings accounts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.greater.com.au/?p=1821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Roy Morgan research shows term deposits are still Australia’s favourite way to save. Our  Product Manager David Bryde has a great term deposit offer and another great option too. According to new Roy Morgan Research term deposits are the favourite way for Australians to save. Almost a third (31.2%) of all savings dollars of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 things to do with $1,500 from your new Greater Building Society home loan</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/15-things-to-do-with-1500/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/15-things-to-do-with-1500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.greater.com.au/?p=1796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now the Greater Building Society is giving $1,500 cash back on all of its home loans. Our Bathurst Lending Manager Sue Smart shares our list of 15 things you could do with $1,500. What would you do with $1,500?  You read it right. The Greater Building Society is giving new home loan customers $1,500 cash back when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a business &#8211; structure</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/starting-a-business-structure/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/starting-a-business-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Banking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.greater.com.au/?p=1813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly post, our Chief Financial Officer Greg Taylor looks at some things you need to do to get your new business financed. This week he looks at the structure of the business.  Did you make a New Year’s resolution to start your own business? Roy Morgan research shows that small businesses are gradually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greater&#8217;s shower scene&#8221; commercial for $1,500 cash back loan offer</title>
		<link>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/shower-scene/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.greater.com.au/2013/03/shower-scene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peta Davies</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Head of Marketing Peta Davies talks about the “ shower scene” in The Greater’s latest  TV commercial to promote its $1,500 cash-back home loan offer. The Greater Building Society is apologising in advance to all of the parents whose kids copy the antics of primary school student and actress Coco Gillies and turn the [...]]]></description>
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